I am half a pound away from being under 3 bills for the first time in years. SO CLOSE!!!
By Tuesday, definitely. DEFINITELY. I can't wait. I'm going to take a picture and post it on the fridge and all the cupboard doors. Ha ha! THat should do the trick.
8 ounces. I could probably dispense with that with one quick trip to the bathroom. :)
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Good thing to know!
Okay, so I've been doing this SparkPeople online tracking thing for about 5 days now, right? This website tracks your calories, carbs, fat and protein. Under each category, it gives you a target range for where I should be at the end of the day. Every day so far, I've been pretty deficient in the protein category. By that, I mean I'm not even close to the target range. In calories, carbs and fat, I'm normally in the bottom to mid-section of the respective ranges. Protein . . . always way low.
Normally for breakfast, I have some kind of yogurt. Not the little cups . . . we're talking the 32 oz tubs. No, I don't eat the whole thing. Yes, I could if I wanted to . . . but I don't. :) But even if I did, I still wouldn't breach the high end of the carb or calorie range. Anyway, the reason I eat the yogurt is because I read somewhere once that yogurt helps you lose weight. It has an enzyme that your body likes and helps digests fat more effectively. Or something. I'm not a nutritionist, so what do I know?
Well, being that I never get any protein, I thought, "Hey . . . why not get some cottage cheese this morning instead?" So I get a tub, read over the nutritional information on the back, and I realize just how protein-rich this stuff is. In one serving, you get 24% of your RDA of protein. I, of course, don't have one serving; I have 2. Or 3. For all of that, I only consumed 270 calories, and a TON of protein. Some carbs and fat, but not a lot.
So it looks like the good balance would be yogurt one morning, cottage cheese the next. That's not bad. I can do that!
Normally for breakfast, I have some kind of yogurt. Not the little cups . . . we're talking the 32 oz tubs. No, I don't eat the whole thing. Yes, I could if I wanted to . . . but I don't. :) But even if I did, I still wouldn't breach the high end of the carb or calorie range. Anyway, the reason I eat the yogurt is because I read somewhere once that yogurt helps you lose weight. It has an enzyme that your body likes and helps digests fat more effectively. Or something. I'm not a nutritionist, so what do I know?
Well, being that I never get any protein, I thought, "Hey . . . why not get some cottage cheese this morning instead?" So I get a tub, read over the nutritional information on the back, and I realize just how protein-rich this stuff is. In one serving, you get 24% of your RDA of protein. I, of course, don't have one serving; I have 2. Or 3. For all of that, I only consumed 270 calories, and a TON of protein. Some carbs and fat, but not a lot.
So it looks like the good balance would be yogurt one morning, cottage cheese the next. That's not bad. I can do that!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Good Times for Feeling Good
Okay, it's no mystery that I'm out of shape. That is evidenced by the sheer difficulty it takes to do a single, full-range push-up. Up until yesterday, doing push-ups seemed like a joke; I'd try to do a few, and I'd be so trembly and sore from the effort that it seemed pointless to continue trying.
Yesterday changed all that. I had girl 2 sitting on my back while I was lying on the ground. She's 2 and weighs maybe 23-25 pounds. Maybe. She wanted a "horsie" ride. "Sure, sweetie. Let's do it." With wife watching and with as much bravado as I could muster, I faked like I was going to do a push-up. Imagine my surprise when I just shoved off the ground with practically no problem. WITH a 2-year old on my back!
I felt pretty good the rest of the day.
Moment of weakness: I have a real soft spot for Papa Murphy's pepperoni pizza. Okay . . . ANY of their pies will do. They're all fantastic. Except the veggie pie. That's kind of pointless, in my book. That's just me, though. ANYway, we had a game night with some friends last night. We had pizza, jelly beans, pistachios . . . it was a *very* decadent night . . . relatively speaking.
The day before was pretty good, though. I had an asiago bagel with a cup of 2% milk for breakfast; another cup of milk for snack; a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat bread and a banana for lunch; a piece of cheese for snack; and dinner . . . which actually escapes me, but it was healthy . . . I think.
Jeans. Actually noticeably more loose.
This is going to be a good summer. I can just tell.
Yesterday changed all that. I had girl 2 sitting on my back while I was lying on the ground. She's 2 and weighs maybe 23-25 pounds. Maybe. She wanted a "horsie" ride. "Sure, sweetie. Let's do it." With wife watching and with as much bravado as I could muster, I faked like I was going to do a push-up. Imagine my surprise when I just shoved off the ground with practically no problem. WITH a 2-year old on my back!
I felt pretty good the rest of the day.
Moment of weakness: I have a real soft spot for Papa Murphy's pepperoni pizza. Okay . . . ANY of their pies will do. They're all fantastic. Except the veggie pie. That's kind of pointless, in my book. That's just me, though. ANYway, we had a game night with some friends last night. We had pizza, jelly beans, pistachios . . . it was a *very* decadent night . . . relatively speaking.
The day before was pretty good, though. I had an asiago bagel with a cup of 2% milk for breakfast; another cup of milk for snack; a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat bread and a banana for lunch; a piece of cheese for snack; and dinner . . . which actually escapes me, but it was healthy . . . I think.
Jeans. Actually noticeably more loose.
This is going to be a good summer. I can just tell.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Day 7
I know it seems odd to "start" with day 7, but it's actually true. I consider the start of the weight loss movement with the day I gave up soda, which was last Friday. I had one last bout of Coke, and now I've been "pop-free" for 7 days.
Yesterday was a sodium-laced hell. WAY too many triscuits. Gonna have to cut back on those.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure no one is going to read this other than me, and that's fine. The point of this is just to track what I'm eating, when I'm eating, and how much. Also, I'll use this to track when I exercise and how.
I'm sure that, on occasion, I'll end up writing thoughts, ideas, epiphanies, and the like, but we'll see how that unfolds.
Anyway, on with it.
Yesterday was a sodium-laced hell. WAY too many triscuits. Gonna have to cut back on those.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure no one is going to read this other than me, and that's fine. The point of this is just to track what I'm eating, when I'm eating, and how much. Also, I'll use this to track when I exercise and how.
I'm sure that, on occasion, I'll end up writing thoughts, ideas, epiphanies, and the like, but we'll see how that unfolds.
Anyway, on with it.
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